{{Infobox song | name = Send Me a Postcard | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Shocking Blue | album = | A-side = Send Me a Postcard | B-side = {{ubl|"Harley Davidson" (1968)|"Long and Lonesome Road" (1969)}} | released = 1968 | recorded = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Psychedelic rock|acid rock}} | length = | label = | writer = Robbie van Leeuwen | producer = Robbie van Leeuwen | chronology = Shocking Blue | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} "'''Send Me a Postcard'''" is a song written by Robbie van Leeuwen, and recorded by Shocking Blue in 1968.
With lyrics in Swedish by Per Gessle, the song was recorded in 1980 by Gyllene Tider, as "Skicka ett vykort, älskling".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gotiskaklubben.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/latar-du-trodde-var-svenska/|title=Låtar du trodde var svenska|author=Joakim Tegblom|language=Swedish|accessdate=9 June 2013|archive-date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026075436/http://gotiskaklubben.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/latar-du-trodde-var-svenska/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Finnish version of the song "Kirjoita postikorttiin" was recorded by Muska as her debut single in 1971 and first hit song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2008/07/22/muska-kirjoita-postikorttiin|title=Muska: Kirjoita postikorttiin|date=22 July 2008 }}</ref> A Turkish version of the song "Aşk Çiçeği" (Flower of Love) was released by the band ''Mavi Işıklar'' in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://blog.istanbultourstudio.com/throwback-turkish-songs-4-mavi-isiklar-ask-cicegi-shocking-blue-send-me-a-postcard/|title=Throwback Turkish Songs #4 Mavi Işıklar – Aşk Çiçeği (Shocking Blue – Send Me a Postcard)|author=Alican Kutlay|date=2 June 2016 |language=English|accessdate=6 May 2022}}</ref> "Send Me a Postcard" was covered by Loog on their 1995 album ''Meltdown House'', but was generally unknown in the US until Ladytron's Softcore Jukebox compilation was released in 2003. In 2014, it was re-released as a 7" single for Record Store Day. Bob Mould covered the song for his 2019 album ''Sunshine Rock''.
Dutch singer-songwriter Jett Rebel remade the song as the title song for the 2017 film ''Love Revisited''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtl.nl/rubrieken/rtl-boulevard/artikel/3726301/jett-rebel-maakt-titelsong-voor-oude-liefde|title=Jett Rebel maakt titelsong voor Oude Liefde|website=RTL Nieuws|date=November 10, 2017|access-date=February 23, 2025|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref> "Send Me a Postcard" was included in the soundtrack of the television series ''Hanna'', in the Season 1 episode titled "Friend", first aired on 29 March 2019.<ref>{{Citation|title="Hanna" Friend (TV Episode 2019) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8476102/soundtrack|access-date=2020-07-23}}</ref>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1968) ! Peak<br>position |- |Netherlands (Megacharts)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Shocking+Blue&titel=Send+Me+A+Postcard&cat=s|title=Send Me a Postcard|publisher=Dutch charts|date=1968|accessdate=9 June 2013}}</ref> |align="center"|10 |- |Norway (VG-lista)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shocking+Blue&titel=Send+Me+A+Postcard&cat=s|title=Send Me a Postcard|publisher=Norwegian charts|date=1968|accessdate=9 June 2013}}</ref> |align="center"|4 |}
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Category:1968 singles Category:1968 songs Category:Shocking Blue songs Category:Gyllene Tider songs Category:Songs written by Per Gessle Category:Songs written by Robbie van Leeuwen Category:Metronome Records singles